University of Denver junior defenseman J.P. Testwuide has been suspended for Friday’s game against Alaska-Anchorage, the Western Collegiate Hockey Association announced Wednesday.

The league also increased the one-game suspension of North Dakota’s Kyle Radke to two games. Radke fought Testwuide and DU’s Brandon Vossberg in the Fighting Sioux’s 4-1 win over the Pioneers on Saturday in Grand Forks, N.D.

Testwuide and Radke took off their gloves and helmets and tried to fight in the second period, but the altercation was quickly broken up by officials. Referee Marco Hunt allowed both players to remain in the game, and Radke got into a full-fledged fight with Vossberg at the second-period buzzer.

“We all fully expected the WCHA to review this, and I am glad, that upon review, they have decided to add supplemental discipline,” DU coach George Gwozdecky said. “I don’t think this activity belongs in college hockey, and hopefully this supplemental discipline will make us think twice about getting involved in this.”

Typically, NCAA players that drop their gloves and throw a punch are immediately disqualified and suspended for their ensuing game. Instead, Hunt gave Testwuide and Radke double minors and a 10-minute misconduct.

Vossberg and Radke were given DQs and one-game suspensions for their fight, but if Hunt made the right call in the Testwuide-Radke fight, Vossberg probably would be in the linuep Friday. Radke and many of his teammates had exited the ice before learning that a brawl had broken out in front of the DU bench. Radke was at the entrance of North Dakota’s dressing room when he decided to return to the ice and fight Vossberg.

We’ll have a story in Tuesday’s paper about this, but I wanted to point something out to preface tomorrow’s piece.

DU coach George Gwozdecky is adament that coaches should not go on the ice to break up fights — ever. But one of his points in Tuesday’s story is that he was seemingly the only non-player concerned about DU sophomore Brandon Vossberg, who was taken down by Kyle Radke and absorbing some dangerous punches with his head against or near the ice.

This YouTube shot from an amateur shows referee Marco Hunt do nothing after Radke takes ownership of Vossberg. Hunt was seemingly within five feet of the fight, but just watched.

Sure, referees aren’t “supposed” to break up fights, just keep track of those fighting, but there comes a point when he must get his hands dirty — especially when the assistant referees are busy separating other scrums.

Gwozdecky entered the ice to help Vossberg, and he’s upset that he felt he needed to do that. Hunt should have done something, and if nothing else, his failure to do so points to the need for a second referee, just like the NHL.

Perhaps Hunt would have broken it up if a second referee was handling the penalty notebook. Anyway, here’s the video.